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University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY (2008 – present) - Assistant Professor, Department of History - Associate Director, Documentary Studies Program - Media Fellow, New York State Writers Institute
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (Fall 2005) - Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies/ Lecturer in the Council of the Humanities
Westbrook College, Portland, Me. (Spring 1995) - Dorothy M. Healy Visiting Professor
Other Employment (Independent Contractor) Expertise in the conception, development, production and promotion/outreach of multimedia projects; specialization in the use of narrative storytelling to engage audiences with challenging content; strategies for determining most effective approach and media platform.
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Global Storytelling: Using Documentary Media to Change the World (in progress) Documentary Storytelling, 3rd edition (Focal Press/Elsevier, contracted for 2010). Archival Storytelling: A Filmmaker’s Guide to Finding, Using, and Licensing Third-Party Visual and Music, with Kenn Rabin (Focal Press/Elsevier, 2008). Trade/text exploring issues including copyright, fair use, and access to and affordability of cultural materials. Documentary Storytelling, 2nd edition: Making Stronger and More Dramatic Nonfiction Films (Focal Press/Elsevier, 2007). Best-selling trade/text, recommended by the International Documentary Association, the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, and the Writers Guild of Canada. Documentario, Portuguese translation of 2nd edition ( Brazil Elsevier, 2008) Documentary Storytelling for Video and Filmmakers (Focal Press/Elsevier, 2003) School: The Story of American Public Education, with Sarah Mondale and Sarah Patton (Beacon Press, 2001), companion to the PBS series. Adapted from the PBS series; honored as a “Notable Book in Education” by the American School Board Journal. |
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Book review, Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction, by Patricia Aufderheide, in IDA ezine (International Documentary Association) (March 2008) Book review, New Challenges for Documentary, by Alan Rosenthal and John Corner (eds.), in The Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television (October 2007) Book review, The Only Woman on Board: The photographs, diaries, letters, and memorabilia of a Maine sea captain and his wife, 1859-1908, by Julianna Freehand, in Maine in Print (Spring 1995) Articles (recent) "So You Want to Work in Documentary," Documentary (Septemer 2009) “Creative License vs. Creative Arrangement,” Writer’s Store ezine (May 2007) “Watching Eyes on the Prize,” DoubleTake/Points of Entry (Fall/Winter 2006) “Story First,” studentfilmmakers (April 2006) “Eyes on the Rights,” Documentary ( June 2005) “Collaborating on Documentaries,” Writer’s Store ezine (March 2004)
Book excerpts, adapted: “Rights laws dysfunctional in media Wild West,” Current (January 2009) “Fair Dealing, Moral Rights and More, “ Shooting People (blog) (November 2008) “The Ethics of Archival Storytelling, “ IDA ezine (October 2008) “You Need Somebody There to Document It,” DoubleTake/Points of Entry (Spring 2007) “Objectivity and Intimacy,” studentfilmmakers (October 2006) “When the Levees Broke” studentfilmmakers (August 2006) “From Idea to Story, “ The Independent (December 2003) “Know Narration's Nuances,” Writer's Digest (October 2003) “Documentary Storytelling,” Writer's Store ezine (July 2004) |
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Arkansas: A Bright Future (visitor center, 2008), 10-minute documentary and ancillary video material produced by Peace River Studios for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Permanent installation, AGFC visitor center in Little Rock. Writer. The Audition (PBS 2009, also theatrical), 90-minute documentary by Susan Froemke Productions. Consultant. Forgotten Ellis Island (PBS 2009), 60-minute documentary produced by Boston Film/Video Productions. Wrote script and fundraising materials. Wired to Win: Surviving the Tour de France (theatrical, 2005), 40-minute IMAX documentary produced by Partners Health Care System with funding from the National Science Foundation and Ortho-McNeil Neurologics. Script consultant, revised final structure and script for release. 45 Words: The Story of the First Amendment (museum, 2004), 40-minute documentary produced by the Freedom Forum Newseum for permanent installation in the Newseum theater. Writer and senior producer during development. Primary Source Investigator: American History, 12e. (digital textbook, 2004), three short documentaries (Witchcraft Crisis of 1692; Votes for Women; Daughters of Liberty) for McGraw-Hill, produced by Historicus, Inc., Durham, NH . Writer. This Far By Faith: African-American Spiritual Journeys (PBS 2003), six-hour prime-time series produced by Blackside, Inc. Developed approach and wrote original program treatments and fundraising materials that attracted more than $4 million in production funds. Series writer, development. Miss America: A Documentary Film (PBS American Experience 2002), feature-length documentary produced by Orchard Films and Clio, Inc. Wrote script and consulted on fundraising materials that attracted $700,000 in support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and additional support from American Experience; credited as program development. School: The Story of American Public Education (PBS 2001). Four-hour series produced by Stone Lantern Films and KCET-TV. Writer; also, co-author, companion book. Hopes on the Horizon (PBS 2001), two-hour special on the rise of pro-democracy movements in six African nations in the 1990s, produced by Blackside, Inc. Writer. Fear No More: Stop Violence Against Women (Lifetime 2001), special produced by Maysles Films, New York, and hosted by the actress Brooke Shields. Writer. Lalee’s Kin: The Legacy of Cotton (HBO 2001, limited theatrical release), Academy Award-nominated feature documentary by Maysles Films about poverty and education in the Mississippi Delta. Writer, interstitial materials; also wrote promotional materials. I’ll Make Me a World: A Century of African-American Arts (PBS 1999), a six-hour, prime time series produced by Blackside, Inc. Developed approach and wrote original program treatments and fundraising materials that attracted more than $4 million in production funds; supervised series content and writing and wrote three of the six films. Series writer, also episode writer. 100 Years of Women (Lifetime 1999), special by Maysles Films about six women at or near their 100th year of life. Hosted by the actress Camryn Manheim. Writer. Life by the Numbers (PBS 1998), seven-part series on mathematics produced by WQED-TV, Pittsburgh. Wrote preliminary treatment for the first hour, Seeing is Believing. Liberty! The American Revolution (PBS 1997), six-hour prime-time series produced by Twin Cities Public Television in association with Middlemarch Films, New York. Consulting writer. A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom (PBS 1996), feature-length documentary produced by Dante Films. Revised final script for broadcast; consulting writer. America’s War On Poverty (PBS 1996), five-hour prime-time series. Co-wrote two films, Given a Chance and In Service to America, and consulted on a third. Consulting producer, writer. Out of the Past (PBS 1993), eight-part series on archeology and anthropology, produced by Cambridge Studios, Allston, Ma. With WQED-TVand the Pennsylvania State University. Consulting series producer and producer/director/writer of Signs and Symbols. Eyes on the Prize (PBS 1990), second season of this 14-hour, prime time series. Producer, director, and writer of Two Societies and Ain’t Gonna Shuffle No More. Ain’t Gonna Shuffle won national Emmys for both writing and editing. The Ring of Truth (PBS 1988), six-part series on astrophysics produced by Public Broadcasting Associates, featuring MIT Professor Emeritus Philip Morrison. Co-producer of two films, Mapping and Change. The Navigators: Pathfinders of the Pacific (PBS 1984), hour-long documentary on celestial navigation (featuring master navigator Mau Piailug) and the settlement of the Pacific. Associate producer, production manager, additional editing and writing. Yaz: The Final Swing (WCVB-TV, 1984), hour-long documentary produced by Mugar Entertainment, Cambridge, Ma. Editor (shared credit). Additional, as editor, Checking It Out (series); as production manager or associate producer: A Little Rebellion Now and Then; A Jumpin’ Night in the Garden of Eden; For All Practical Purposes (series), Rolling; as production assistant, assistant editor, assistant sound editor: Odyssey; The House that Giacomo Built; Eight Minutes to Midnight; The Dozens; Lina; Frank: Portrait of a Vietnam Vet, The Shape of Things.
Media in Progress Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale. Hemophilia in the Age of AIDS (PBS and theatrical release planned 2010), feature-length documentary produced by Necessary Films, New York. Consultant, writer. Inside Story: The Science of HIV/AIDS, feature-length film that combines fictional drama with science-based animation. In development by the Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership with international partners. Film treatment writer, consultant. |
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“Close Viewing: Strengthening Documentary Film Literacy,” for the Jean Everitt Journalism Lecture Series at Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Va., invited for October 2009 “Writing the Fundraising Proposal,” workshop at Goddard College, Plainfield, Vt., June 2009 Presentation on dramatic structure and screenwriting, Upstate Independents/Screenwriters Forum, Albany, New York, May 2009 “Careers in Nonfiction Media,” co-leader, University at Albany, April 2009 Presenter, “Screening New York History,” with visiting filmmakers Muffie Meyer and Ronald Blumer (Middlemarch Films) for the annual Researching New York Conference, UAlbany, November 2008 Presenter, “Politics on Screen,” with visiting filmmaker Paul Stekler, UAlbany, October 2008 “Documentary storytelling.” Wedding and Event Videographers Association national, annual convention, Orlando, Fl., August 2008 “Documentary storytelling: creative nonfiction on screen,” workshop at Goddard College, Plainfield, Vt., June 2008 “Documentary storytelling.” Smith College Model United Nations, Northampton, Ma., April 2008 Speaker, “Showcase of Documentary Films and Filmmakers,” University at Albany, February 2008 “The ethics of archival storytelling,” panel convened and co-moderated with Kenn Rabin at the University of California, Berkeley, Ca., October 2007 “Legal aspects of archival storytelling,” panel convened and co-moderated with Kenn Rabin at Stanford University School of Law, Palo Alto, Ca., October 2007 Guest presenter, “When the Levees Broke,” with filmmaker Sam Pollard. American Studies program, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, September 2006 Leader, two-day workshop in documentary storytelling with the media production staff at the Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, Pa., August 2006 Presenter, Two Societies (Eyes on the Prize) at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pa., April 2006 “Documentary Storytelling,” presentation at the Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism (Harvard University), Boston, Ma., December 2005; also panel, “Telling the Hard Stories,” with Orville Schell and Doug McGill “Archival issues,” presentation to faculty and students at Rockefeller College, Princeton University, November 2005 Curator/moderator, “American Visions in Documentary” public series with visiting filmmakers Ric Burns (Eugene O’Neill); Susan Froemke (Lalee’s Kin); Muffie Meyer and Ronald Blumer (Benjamin Franklin); and Stanley N. Katz (advisor), Sam Pollard and me (Eyes on the Prize), Princeton University, September through November 2005 Leader, four-day workshop in documentary storytelling with emerging filmmakers, convened at the University of Bergen, Norway, December 1994 |
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Ibsen in 10 Minutes, 10-minute play, public reading at Goddard College, January 2009 Tuesday Morning, 10-minute play, public reading at Goddard College, June 2008 Ibsen & Laura. Historical screenplay; finalist, Sundance Filmmakers Lab; finalist, Nantucket Film Festival screenwriting competition; staged reading in New York sponsored by NYWIFT; optioned for feature development by Visionbox Media in 2001. As a stage play, finalist, New Plays in America Festival, staged reading in Portland, Me., sponsored by Westbrook College in association with Portland Stage Company. Playing for China, screenplay based on the autobiography Son of the Revolution by Liang Heng and Judith Shapiro, 2001 Zero Hour, short play. Public reading, 1999, sponsored by New Georges, New York, NY. Late Transitional Man, full length play. Semi-finalist, L. Arnold Weissberger Playwriting Award, 1995 Pine, short play. Finalist, Lamia Ink! competition, 1994 The Moons of Jupiter. Finalist, America’s Best Television Competition, 1993 |
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University at Albany Faculty Research Award Program (FRAP-B), 2009-2011, to support the research and writing of Global Storytelling CPB/PBS Producers Academy Fellowship, 2001 National Emmy: Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft/Writing 1990, Ain’t Gonna Shuffle No More (from Eyes on the Prize) George Foster Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism 1990, Eyes on the Prize 1999, I'll Make Me A World Erik Barnouw Award from the Organization of American Historians 1990, Eyes On The Prize. 1996, America’s War on Poverty 1999, I'll Make Me a World CINE Golden Eagle 1983, The Navigators: Pathfinders of the Pacific 1990, Ain’t Gonna Shuffle No More 2001, School: The Story of American Public Education DuPont-Columbia University Award 1990, Eyes on the Prize 1996, America’s War on Poverty Artist Residencies 1994, The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, Va. 1995, 1992, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
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